# Closer to the Heart guitar solo > Alex Lifeson's guitar solo on Closer to the Heart by Rush (1977) starts at about 1:50. From the album A Farewell to Kings. A prog rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Rush, 1977, from *A Farewell to Kings*. Solo by *Alex Lifeson*. A brief, sweet, melodic solo that is among the most recognisable in the band's catalogue. Closer to the Heart by Rush is ranked #313 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Alex Lifeson and the song was released in 1977. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #18 (Rick Beato (YouTube)). ## In our lists - [The Best Alex Lifeson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/alex-lifeson-guitar-solos/) — #16 - [The Best Rush Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rush-guitar-solos/) — #17 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1977](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1977/) — #17 ## Sources - [Rick Beato (YouTube): Top 20 Rock Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-y91BZonY) — #18 ### Who played the guitar solo on Closer to the Heart? Alex Lifeson played the solo on Rush's Closer to the Heart (1977). ### Where does Closer to the Heart rank among the greatest guitar solos? #313 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)